"I've been here from the beginning, and have never seen a White House "talking points." -- And I don't know anyone else who's seen one either. I asked senior management if they have ever seen a White House talking points. No one had." Bill O'Reilly reacting to Dan Rather's accusation...

Better than explain the inartful headline, it would be better to read the complete statement issued by Talk Radio Network (posted below*) - the company who owns Michael Savage's radio show - that lays out their defense of Savage's inartful comments about Autistic children. Don't be surprised if Savage or...

Yesterday on his Radio Factor, Bill O'Reilly tried as hard as he could to come up with something that proved the case those dang smear sites were making. That the Fox News channel is racist. He even brought on the ever brilliant, albeit Fox News consultant, Prof. Dr. Marc Lamont...

"I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat
who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do
you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around
to tell them, 'Don't...

What is the difference between the following three events?

1. Parting of the Red Sea.

2. Walking on water.

3. Cerebral audiences longing for Larry King.

Answer: Number three is a miracle.

Monday night, CNN audiences were treated to radio and Headline News' far right wing talk show host, Glenn...

by Steve and Ryan Young

I've written for years about the problems I've had with talk radio, and did so, for the most part with tongue tucked firmly in cheek. I've even had my own show in L.A. so In some way, I've been a part of the problem I...

(SYOP 7/16/08) In an unprecedented legal move that should shakeup the dictionary industry already under siege by critics and linguists, Satire - the word and its definition -- has filed suit against The New Yorker for classifying its cartoon depiction of Barack and Michele Obama as satire.

"Words can no...

Okay, it's a cartoon. Cartoons are supposed to be funny. I get that. But usually you at least get a caption underneath that tells you why it's funny. The New Yorker cartoon didn't even give us a "Git 'er done" or a "Wha-a-at?" or in this case, "Black People In...

(July 14, 2008 SYOP ) In a startling move that he hopes might energize his stumbling campaign, John McCain announced that he will no longer use advisors.

"I was spending more time separating myself from their comments than I was listening to their advice," said McCain, acting as his own...

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WASHINGTON -- Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, in October of 2007, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of...

In an expected move, the American Medical Association the American Economic Association have released a joint statement determining the Recession to be a brain disease that can be successfully prevented and treated.

"For years those suffering from recessions have considered it a personal weakness," said Dr. Phillip Gramm. "Too...

John McCain's chief economic advisor says we're a nation of whiners in a national news interview.

Barack Obama supporter whose political impact last made an impression sometime in the last century, whispers "nuts" off camera.

Which one would Bill O'Reilly talk about for two hours on his...

Not since Vice President Dick Cheney told Senator Pat Leahy (D, Vermont) to "f*ck off," the brouhaha over Reverend Jesse Jackson's off-screen, hot-mike remarks referring to Barack Obama's comments to African-American families, has sent the political media into assumptive chaos. With the audio bleep and the printed letter replaced with...

Washington, D.C. - In a break with tradition, and in an attempt to counter Barack Obama's announcement to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Denver's 76,000 seat Invesco Field at Mile High, John McCain will accept the Republican presidential nomination on the Robert Street Bridge, a reinforced concrete multiple-arch bridge...

Can this writer who has spent years revealing the absurdities and damage done to real debate get a better gift?

In the Zev Chavets piece on Rush Limbaugh in this week's New York Times Sunday Magazine, El Rushbo, the undisputed, big buck, contract king of all of talk,...

This Sunday morning, Philadelphia Inquirer Assistant Editor, Kevin Ferris, once again went talk radio all over the Philadelphia Inquirer opinion pages, able to spin Gen. Wesley Clark's response to a question concerning John McCain's readiness as president into a hyperbolic hit piece surmising that Clark "denigrated the uniform" and...

How appropriate that on July 4th week, the Vets For Freedom, a supposed nonpartisan PAC that basically only supports Republican or Conservative candidates, is set to help John McCain's presidential run by spending $1.5 million for ads this month in five states praising success in Iraq and Afghanistan. A...

If the energy company CEOs, oil speculators, and Saudi princes ever needed a great PR line, it's now.

And here 'tis.

Oil Companies: In The Business Of Saving Lives

The bad news: Fuel prices have skyrocketed.

The good news: You're around not to afford them

Yessiree. Thanks to oil cartels...

BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A JOB - The Labor Department, in a new report Thursday, says new applications jumped by 16,000 to 404,000, the highest level since late March. Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The...

The Constitution is a wacky, kinda living, kinda not, document that explains just what we Americans can get away with. It also frames the conditions within which one can run for the position where one American can get away with the most - President of the United States of America....